New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-01-26

Reeves: Eaox. i1rgls: narna1ur nee;. nenmau, Law,
ell, Nobles Nerdvold. Rettitr Blowmau. Potter.
maker; shuler, Smith,. swartwonds, swenson.
Walstrom, Wilson,, Williams, Wailan, Merriam
10.
For Doran-.Alexander Anderson R. MI,
len, Dickman, Dornfeld. Duane. Emery, Farley.
Furlonc, Greg nv. Gross, Hendrickson, Kun
n @er. Light; +, McArdle, PARROT. Qnigley, Ryan.
For Barton-Lucas Skinner
Absent es-Engelhard, Heisler, Hsppin, Sew
atson, Powers.
Davis majority, in house, AZ.
Donnellys bill FOR taxing RAILROADS. as
recommended to- pass by the. house in COM
mittee. OF the whole yesterday, is identically
the same bill as that recommended to pass
by the state railroad commission in their
annual report. Originally Donnelly's bill
aimed also to tax as other property all rail-
road property not in use as such, but he
hnally eliminated that at the suggestion of
the judiciary committee. Beyond this bill
no other measures of Importance were
passed upon yesterday by the house. Mr.
Rogers introduced bill that permits an
on the part of other jurymen to be sufficient
cause for the granting of a new trial in the
| case decided by that jury. Mr.. Emery
brought in a bill that takes away from the
state auditor all matters relating to banks
and places them under control of the public
examiner.
SENATE.
Mr. Wards resolution that committee of
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for the senate, having due regard to room
Ind ventilation, was referred to the COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform. Mr..
Chapman introduced joint memorial re-
| questing congress to pass the. pension acts
| recon- mended by the national pension COM
| mittee Of the G. A. R. ; also urging the pass
age OF a bill to provide pensions for soldiers
from the time OF their disability, notwith-
| standing the provisions of the pension act
of 1870 which limits the time for which
pensions can be drawn from the date Of the
! application. 1t was referred to the commit
| tee on soldiers home.
The committee on agriculture reported IA
| vorably on the bill relating to the state uni
versitv and separating the agricultural COL
| lege therefrom. The Judiciary committee
reported favorably on MIR. Goodrich's amend
ment to the penal code, fixing the age Of
consent at eighteen years MI Durant's
bill making legal holidays in the state was
|
recommended to pass. MI. Keller's bill re-
lating to private banks using corporate
names was amended by making the time Of
! taking effect Jan. 1, 1888, and recommended
to pass The tishway bill was reported ia
| vorably. A substitute for the bill relating to
! jailors' fees for keeping prisoners for coun-
ties which have no Jail was reported and
adopted. The substitute makes it the duty
of the courts to make the apportionment
The committee on soldiers home reported
f1v thah to- 17,-v, n
at the expense OF the state, and also
the bill to prevent persons from
unlawfully using the badge of the G. A. R.
The committee on claims reported unfavor-
ably on the bill relating to the Dyke claims.
1t was referred to the committee of the
whole. A substitute for the bill to reimburse
settlers for defending suits brought by rail-
road companies to recover lands was re-
ported and adopted. The substitute pro-
| vides that attorneys fees only shall be paid
| by the state. The committee on retrench-
ment and reform reported that Capt Castle
! had appeared before the committee and
made statement OF the netreceipts of the Oil
inspectors Office for the past four years, as
follows: 1888, So. 626; 1884, 81, 227; 1885,
So, $50; 1886, $40 ,941. The committee
bill was referred back to Senator Daniels for
! amendment
The committee on finance reported the
bill for holding agricultural Institutes back
| to the committee on agriculture and the bill
| for furnishing Alexander's digest of Mime
sofa reports to the Judiciary committee with
the request that when the bill be passed
| upon there it be referred to the finance COM
| mittee; the committee also reported In IA
vor of the passage of the bills fixing the sal
airy OF the adjutant general at $4,000 and
providing for the publication of school laws.
| Report adopted.
Donnelly's bill for the correction of cleo
| fSnyN hr1~~ ;~,t.
hibits all railroad corporations from import
| Ing large gangs of men for voting purposes
into election districts. This law so changes
the present one, which forbids temporary
| residents from voting, that railroad con-
struction hands are designated as temporary
in harmony with Mr.. Mattson's bill, which
! proposes to amend the constitution so that
instead of ten days voter must reside in
! district thirty days before he can vote Dom
nelly's bill provides also that split tickets
| shall have heading, as "mxed ticket" so
! that voters may not be deceived. It says
also that cities Of 10000 inhabitants and
over shall not have more than 500 voters in
an election district. For voting purposes
! the city shall provide two rooms, the main
one to hold the Judges, and the other an
ante-room, through which, before voting,
the freebooter passes alone, selecting there
| from files prepared his ticket, placing it in
an envelope and then putting it in the ballot
box himself. This provision Mr.. Donnelly
| DeueVes, would prevent bribery and intimi-
dation at the polls, and ensure to every man
the right to vote as he pleased
| Choosing a Senator
In joint assembly at noon yesterday the
legislature of Minnesota formally ended the
election Of Cushman K Davis as United
States senator. Long before noon the house.
where the joint session was held, was
crowded with spectators, a large number of
ladies being among them. Just at noon the
business OF the house was ended, and the
members rose to receive the senate rs it
marched in, led by Lieut. Gov. Rice. There
was much confusion during the process of
seating them and of arranging chairs. a
rustic of dresses and nervous motion of feet.
all indicating expectancy. When order was
resumed the speaker called on the clerk to
| read the journals of the houses. wherein was